North Garden vs Scottsville

A side-by-side comparison of North Garden and Scottsville: population, income, housing, and more.

North Garden and Scottsville are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scottsville has the higher population (488 vs 405 in North Garden). North Garden has the higher median household income ($129,583 vs $46,563 in Scottsville). North Garden has the higher median home value ($560,500 vs $242,600 in Scottsville).

Population, income & housing

	North Garden	Scottsville
Population	405	488
Median age	51.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,583	$46,563
Median home value	$560,500	$242,600
Housing units	168	321
Homeownership rate	77.5%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Garden	Scottsville
Population	333 → 405 (+21.6%)	585 → 488 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$145,240 → $129,583 (-10.8%)	$60,357 → $46,563 (-22.9%)
Median home value	$339,700 → $560,500 (+65.0%)	$206,800 → $242,600 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$848 → $1,003 (+18.3%)

North Garden

Population

333405

Median household income

$145,240$129,583

Median home value

$339,700$560,500

Scottsville

Population

585488

Median household income

$60,357$46,563

Median home value

$206,800$242,600

Median gross rent

$848$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Garden	Scottsville
Under 5	3.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	30.1%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	20.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Garden	Scottsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	75.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Garden	Scottsville
No high school diploma	16.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	22.5%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Garden	Scottsville
Drove alone	77.0%	75.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Garden	Scottsville
1-unit, detached	78.6%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.3%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	North Garden	Scottsville
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.8%
Average household size	2.82	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1995	1944